Parallel Verses
World English Bible
The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
New American Standard Bible
For the Jews there was
King James Version
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
Holman Bible
and the Jews celebrated
International Standard Version
For the Jewish people, there was light and joy, gladness and honor.
A Conservative Version
The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
American Standard Version
The Jews had light and gladness, and joy and honor.
Amplified
For [at this time] the Jews had light [a dawn of new hope] and gladness and joy and honor.
Bible in Basic English
And the Jews had light and joy and honour.
Darby Translation
The Jews had light, and joy, and gladness, and honour.
Julia Smith Translation
There was to the Jews light and gladness and joy and honor.
King James 2000
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the Jews, there was light and gladness, joy and honor.
Modern King James verseion
The Jews had light and gladness and joy and honor.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
but unto the Jews was come light and gladness, and joy, and worship.
NET Bible
For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor.
New Heart English Bible
The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
The Emphasized Bible
To the Jews, had come light, and joy, - and gladness and honour.
Webster
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor.
Youngs Literal Translation
to the Jews hath been light, and gladness, and joy, and honour,
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Esther 8:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Mordecai Is Promoted
15 Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad. 16 The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor. 17 In every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.
Cross References
Psalm 97:11
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.
Esther 4:1-3
Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and wailed loudly and a bitterly.
Esther 4:16
"Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."
Esther 9:17
This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Psalm 18:28
For you will light my lamp, Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.
Psalm 30:5-11
For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Psalm 112:4
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright, gracious, merciful, and righteous.
Proverbs 4:18-19
But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light, that shines more and more until the perfect day.
Proverbs 11:10
When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Isaiah 30:29-30
You will have a song, as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a flute to come to Yahweh's mountain, to Israel's Rock.
Isaiah 35:10
The Yahweh's ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away."